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DJI new SPARK selfie drone for $499 4

May

24

2017

Well today DJI is announced a new, smaller selfie class drone the colorful DJI Spark ,. The new DJI Spark drone unveiled at the official May 24th 2017 DJI announcement event in NYC has the following features…. Primary Features: Class: Selfie drone Flight time: 16 minutes Speed: up to 31mph Battery: Swappable, Micro USB chargeable ...

new hobby drone photography – drones and aerial photography (aka Quad copters)

Mar

9

2017

So I have had my eye on getting a drones (formally known as a quad copter) or UAV in FAA parlance ) for a while. I had started seeing the DJI Phantom series of drones pop-up here and there and had always been curious and intrigued by the flying camera. But I could never rationalize ...

Honest review AnyMote and Amazon Echo (“Alexa”) as a universal TV Remote control 8

Dec

8

2016

I recently picked up Anymote, hoping to use it as an way to voice control my TV channel viewing. AnyMote is a universal Smart Remote Control hardware and software solution that allows you to control all of your home’s infrared and WiFi devices like TVs, stereos, set-top boxes, media players, Bluetooth speakers, lights, cameras, and ...

interesting Tedx Talk on Basic Income & fix for capitalism

Feb

21

2016

Recently came across this on my Youtube feed. A pretty interesting Tedx talk on future of work, inequality and how a UBI (Universal Basic Income ), may actually work to solve some of today’s structure inequality issues. The talk by Federico Pistono | Basic income and other ways to fix capitalism , gives us a really strong ...

Android Auto / Carplay after market car radio 2016 8

Jan

11

2016

While I wrote a while back about my experience with an aftermarket Chinese Android Car radio , I had expected by this point in 2016 we would have a flood of more mainstream vendor’s aftermarket units with more polished interfaces… February 16 Update! : It appears a new aftermarket entrant is coming into the market. The ...

Garmin vivoactive a great sports / smart watch gift idea 2

Dec

3

2015

If you’re reading this in 2019 looking for Gift ideas? This review is for the original VivoActive, However the newer models in the line are now WAY BETTER and MORE FEATURE RICH , yes they are all great buys.. The latest as of this date is the VivoActive 4 (Garmin $299) With holiday season here, ...

genetic algorithms in PHP code example of (evolutionary programming ) 20

Jan

21

2015

This posting and php code sample is about fascinating topic of Genetic Algorithms (GA) which simulate evolution using computer code to help find near-optimal solutions when dealing with problems that involve multiple disparate requirements. I recently began playing with Genetic algorithms (Genetic algorithms GA, for short) which are part of a class of evolutionary algorithms (EA) that make up ...

Book thoughts: Our Final Invention – the coming AI-pocalypse 2

Dec

8

2014

I recently just finished reading (listening to…) Our Final Invention – Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era by James Barrat . I was intrigued by this book when I saw it come across my Flipbook newsfeed. The book deals with a topic of particular interest to me being in the IT realm. The premise is that ...